Choose three words from your Words Their Way list. When you choose the words, look up the root of each word (Go to the Sandburg Website, - Teacher Pages - Technology - Reading - Roots, Prefixes, Suffixes) and write down the root's meaning. After that, find 5 additional words that have the same root.
EXAMPLE:
My word: tooth
Root: tooth
Meaning: one of the hard bony appendage that are borne on the jaw
Related words: teeth, toothy, toothless, teething, toothed
My word: sheep
Root:sheep
Meaning: a mammal with hollow horns resembling a goat but no beard
Related words: sheepish, sheepishness, sheepishly, sheepcote, sheeplike
My word: foot
Root: foot
Meaning: the terminal part of the vertebate leg
Related words: feet, footy, footed, footie, footloose
EXAMPLE:
My word: tooth
Root: tooth
Meaning: one of the hard bony appendage that are borne on the jaw
Related words: teeth, toothy, toothless, teething, toothed
My word: sheep
Root:sheep
Meaning: a mammal with hollow horns resembling a goat but no beard
Related words: sheepish, sheepishness, sheepishly, sheepcote, sheeplike
My word: foot
Root: foot
Meaning: the terminal part of the vertebate leg
Related words: feet, footy, footed, footie, footloose